Audio/Video
Betting
Fantasy
Mobile
Shopping
Reviews
Travel
Equipment


ECB

Live and News
Live Scores
Latest News
Live Audio
Media Centre

International
The Ashes
2003 Fixtures
Other Tours/Series
England Women
National Academy
Domestic
The Counties

2002 Season

Frizzell County
Championship
Norwich Union
C&G Trophy
B&H Cup

Directory
League
Women's Cricket
Grassroots

Fans' Centre
Forum
TV & Radio
Ticket Availability
Wallpaper

Deep Extra Cover
StatsGuru
Statistics
Scorebook
Player Profiles
Grounds
Internet Links

MCC

Help & Feedback
Send it to a friend



The Official Home of English Cricket on the Internet

 


Advertise on CricInfo
CricInfo.com


Advertise on ECB.co.uk


Peter May

Peter Barker Howard May

Born: 31 December 1929, The Mount, Reading, Berkshire
Died: 27 December 1994, Liphook, Hampshire
Major Teams: Surrey, Cambridge University, England.
Known As: Peter May
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Other: ICC Match Referee


Test Debut: England v South Africa at Leeds, 4th Test, 1951
Last Test:
England v Australia at The Oval, 5th Test, 1961

Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1952

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   66  106   9  4537  285*  46.77  13  22   42   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               -      -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1950 - 1963)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  388  618  77 27592  285*  51.00  85 127  282   0

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               102    5    49    0    -     -      0   0    -   2.88

LIST A LIMITED OVERS

                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding    0    -   -     -    -     -     -   -    -   -

                    Balls    M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                 0    -     -    -    -     -      -   -    -    -

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.

ICC Match Referee Record:

Test Debut: Australia v India at Sydney, 3rd Test, 1991/92
Last Test:
Australia v India at Perth, 5th Test, 1991/92
Test Appearances:
3

ODI Debut:
Australia v West Indies at Melbourne, World Series, 1991/92
Last ODI:
Australia v India at Sydney, World Series, 1991/92
ODI Appearances:
7



StatsGuru Filters for Peter May



Statistics involving Peter May



Articles about Peter May


Profile:

Peter May is generally regarded as the finest batsman produced by England since the Second World War. At whatever level he played - whether it was for Charterhouse School, Cambridge University, Surrey or England - his batting stood out from those around him. He captained his school, his county and his country with distinction and enjoyed great success.

His natural talent soon became apparent at school. He led the Charterhouse batting averages at the tender age of 14. In 1947, his final year at school, he totalled 651 runs in 13 innings. House matches were a mere plaything for him, as fellow pupil and novelist Frederic Raphael recalled: "When he played in the house matches, scoring as many runs as were needed to bowl out the opposition, it was as if an Olympian had deigned to play skittles with mortals."

After National Service in the Royal Navy, May went up to Cambridge in 1950 and unsurprisingly won a blue in each of his three years. In the long vacation of 1950 he had made his debut for Surrey and, while still an undergraduate, he made his England debut, almost inevitably hitting a century against South Africa at Headingley in 1951. It was heady stuff but May, modest and unassuming, took it all in his stride.

The 1950s belonged to Surrey. They were joint winners with Lancashire of the County Championship in 1950 and won it outright in every year from 1952 until 1958. Among a team of giants - Surridge, Barrington, Laker, Lock, the Bedser twins, Loader, Raman Subba Row - May stood tall. In 1951 he led the first-class averages, hitting 2,000 runs in a season for the first of five times; in all he made 1,000 runs in an English season 11 times. His most prolific summer came in 1953 when he amassed 2,554 runs at an average of 51.08. May was appointed captain in 1957, a position he held until ill-health and business commitments forced him to retire after the 1961 season.

After his memorable Test debut, May was an automatic choice for England. He played 66 times for his country and captained the side on 41 occasions from 1955 onwards, winning 20 of those matches. He amassed 4,537 runs at an average of 47.77. His highest first-class score of 285 not out came against the West Indies at Edgbaston in 1957 when he put on 411 with Colin Cowdrey, a record stand for the fourth wicket in Test Matches.

Even when May's playing days were over he remained at the heart of English cricket. In 1982 he became England's chairman of selectors and went on to become an ICC match referee. He succumbed to a brain tumour four days before his 65th birthday. (Graham Holburn, Copyright CricInfo 2001)

* Last Updated: Friday, 18-Oct-2002 00:57:55 GMT


 
USA5 Server